EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the expenses incurred in
fighting or extinguishing any fire under the direction of the
State forester or a forest warden shall be borne by the county
in which the fire occurred, and shall be payable in full by
the County Commissioners of such county upon the receipt
of an itemized account, with vouchers approved by the State
forester.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the boards of County

CHAP. 294

Expenses
incurred.

Commissioners of the several counties of this State are
hereby authorized to levy and appropriate money for pur-
poses of forest protection, improvement and management ;
and said boards shall have recourse under an action at law
for debt against any land owner, individual or corporation
on whose account they shall have been obliged to pay out
money for fighting fire for the amount which they have
expended for such purpose.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the State forester shall

Levy sum of
money.

furnish notices, printed in large letters upon cloth, calling
attention to the clangers of forest fires and to forest fire, and
trespass laws and their penalties; such notices shall be dis-
tributed by the State Forester to forest wardens and posted
by them in conspicuous places upon State forest reserves,
and along the highways in forest -covered country.
SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That every individual or corpora-

Notices
Printed.

tion that carelessly, negligently, or wilfully, maliciously, or
with intent, sets on fire, or causes or procures to be set on
fire, any woods, brush, grass, grain or stubble, on lands not
their own, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction be punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more
than $1,000, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days
or more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful for
any person or corporation, as land owner, to set, or procure

Guilty of mis-
demeanor.

another to set fire to any woods, brush, logs, leaves, grass or
clearing upon their own land, unless they shall have previ-
ously taken all possible care and precaution against the
spread of such fire to other lands not their own, by pre-
viously having cut and piled the same, or carefully cleared
around the land which is to be burned, so as to prevent the
spread of such fire. The setting of fire contrary to the pro-
visions of this section, or allowing it to escape to the injury
of adjoining lands, shall be prima facie proof of wilfulness

Unlawful to
set fire to any
woods,
brush, etc.